Welcome to Pates ...
So far, we found very little information about Pates. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Pates to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pates, please Contact Us.
Pates would have been located within present day Howard County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Pates, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Pates is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Pates was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Pates was located: 870 & 327<4>
Communities Also Named Pates ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Pates - they are located in Kentucky and North Carolina.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pates.
Communities near Pates ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pates.
- Dierks
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dierks
- Dierks is located in Howard County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,076 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dierks <5>
- Wickes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wickes have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickes
- Wickes is located in Polk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 741 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wickes <5>
- Grannis
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Gillham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillham
- Gillham is located in Sevier County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
- Daisy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Daisy is located in Pike County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Grandfield
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandfield
- Grandfield is located in Pike County
- Euclid
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south) - Galena
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Newhope
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhope
- Newhope is located in Pike County
- Langley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langley
- Langley is located in Pike County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Langley <5>
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pates. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pates.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pates. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pates.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pates. See our Newspapers Page for Pates.
Adding Pates to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Pates in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Pates was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>
X2X - From that list, the Pates post office opened in 1880.
We also found Pates on a map titled William Bradley Map (1889).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Pates.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pates, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Howard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pates - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Pates area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Pates area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <7> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <8> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |